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Crawling across the living room floor. When it was sprayed with Black Flag Spider and Scorpion killer it just stunned it for a minute then it started to crawl off and it's back part of it's body came off
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- Submitted: May 25, 2018
- Photographed: May 25, 2018
- Spider: Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)
- Sex:
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: WARREN, Ohio, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal, Egg sacs
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Apr 21, 2020
Apr 21, 2020
Dallas , 
Hi, your image has been filed. (See above image for ID.) This is a mother Wolf Spider (Lycosidae) carrying an egg sac.
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We keep finding these Wolf Spiders in our house. Are they dangerous and do you know how to get rid of them
Like most spiders they have venom but are not considered to be of medical significance and are unlikely to bite except in self defense. Everyone’s immune system is different though. You can reduce the numer of spiders you find indoors by sealing cracks around floors, doors, windows, foundation etc., vacuum everywhere and empty the cansiter outside. This isn’t a species that would normally do well indoors, so they’re probably wandering in somewhere by mistake.
Okay, thank you…are they tree spiders…we live in an area with a lot of tall grass and trees
We also just mowed the grass. Could that have displaced her?
No, they make little burrows in the ground.
I find them where there is tall grass.
Well that explains it… Thank you again for your input Itsy
You’re welcome. Looking again and zooming in I’m not sure I interpreted the line on the carapace right. If there is a thin line it should be T. helluo, if not Varacosa avara is another I should have conisdered. I figured it was so dark because you mentioned spraying it.
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The picture was taken first before it was sprayed